Proverbs 11:27
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27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but evil comes to the one who searches for it.(A)
Psalm 7:15-16
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15 They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.(A)
16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.(B)
Proverbs 17:11
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11 Evil people seek only rebellion,
but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
Psalm 57:6
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6 They set a net for my steps;
my soul was bowed down.
They dug a pit in my path,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah(A)
Psalm 9:15-16
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15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.(A)
16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah(B)
Esther 7:10
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10 So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
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Psalm 10:2
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2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(A)
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